Battle of Vannes… “Mysteries of the People” (1848): Eugene Sue’s Epic Socialist Novel 13 Apr 2021 By Stephen Basdeo In 1848 the master of the “mysteries” novels, Eugene Sue, began the weekly serialisation of a new novel: Mysteries of the People. It was a chronicle of…
18th century… The Urban Mysteries: Organised Crime in Victorian Popular Literature 24 Nov 202024 Nov 2020 Stephen Basdeo The Following was a lecture delivered by Stephen Basdeo at Richmond: The American International University on Wednesday 18 November 2020 to students in GEP4180: Organised Crime in Popular…
19th Century… Blind Justice in Eugene Sue’s “The Mysteries of Paris” (1842–3) 26 Jul 201826 Jul 2018 By Stephen Basdeo In the 19 June 1842, issue of the Parisian magazine, Journal des Debats, a new serialised novel appeared entitled The Mysteries of Paris, which ran weekly until 15 October 1843.…
19th Century… Eugene Sue’s “The Mysteries of Paris” (1843) 7 Jun 20157 Jun 2015 In the 19 June 1842 issue of the Parisian magazine, Journal des Debats, a new serialised story appeared entitled The Mysteries of Paris, which ran weekly until 15 October 1843.…